b'How geophysics ruined musicFeatureFigure 11.Summary of the characteristics of geologist characters in films.Magazine including it in their list of 50 of the worlds worst inventions10 along with Agent Orange, DDT, asbestos (if you can claim that a mineral was invented), and Crocs. Unfortunately, the contribution of geophysics to other areas of the arts is minimal, and not even consistently positive, leaving Auto-Tune as by far the most influential. Given the rapid advances in seismic data processing made in recent years, perhaps there will be another opportunity for geophysics to make a positive contribution to musicTim Dean is a Specialist Project Geoscientist for Anglo American. Prior to joining Anglo American he was a Specialist Geophysicist at BHP and a Research Fellow within the Department of Exploration Geophysics at Figure 10.Stills taken from the 2019 movie Godzilla: King of the MonstersCurtin University. This followed an extensive career at showing the use of seismic explosives. Schlumberger/WesternGeco/Western Geophysical in a variety of roles including marine and land field operations, Island the dropping of seismic explosives being used to mapsoftware development, and research located in Saudi Arabia, the sub surface of the island (Figure 10, Theseismicresponse isEngland, Norway and Australia. Following his final position incredible) enrages King Kong. within Schlumberger as Principal Research Geophysicist at Taking things to the extreme, in the 2013 Danish film Skyttenthe Schlumberger Fibre-Optic Technology Centre Tim joined (The Shooter) a hot-headed geophysicist is so enragedHawkEye Technology (a division of Sony) as a Project Advisor by the potential damage from drilling in the Arctic that hefor the introduction of goal-line technology into the UEFA takes a journalist, and later the city of Copenhagen, hostage,Champions League. He also conducted research into the threatening that unless the drilling stops he will start killinguse of sensors within sports as diverse as cricket, AFL, and people. volleyball. Tim has an Honours degree in geophysics from Curtin University and a PhD in physics from the University The involvement of geophysics in literature is even more sparse,of New South Wales. His research interests include land although the prolific author (he has sold over 160 millionacquisition, particularly vibroseis sources, land data copies of over 40 books) Ken Folletts book The Hammer of Edenprocessing, and distributed fibre-optic sensing.concerns a group of eco-terrorists who use a stolen seismicTim Brice has a BSc in geological sciences from Leeds vibrator to set off a series of earthquakes. University an MSc in Petroleum Geophysics from Imperial For those prepared to widen their viewing to movies involvingCollege, London, and until recently was Chief Geophysicist geologists, an excellent place to start is a 2015 article that lists(acquisition) forShearwater Geoservices. He began his appropriate movies9 including Swamp Women (1956) and Theseismic career with Horizon exploration in 1989 as a Age of Stupid (2009). For those not prepared to sit through themfield geophysicist and then worked for Schlumberger/all, the authors include a summary of the major attributes of theWesternGeco where he held multiple positions until moving geologist characters (Figure 11). Interestingly 83% of geologiststo Shearwater in 2018. He has been mainly involved with are portrayed as good and of the evil ones 68% die (comparedacquisition geophysics and seismic survey design and has to just 28% of the good ones). published numerous papers and taught courses in these fields. Areas of work have included Australia, Europe, North Conclusion America, The Middle East and Far East. He retired from the seismic industry at the end of 2021 so this is probably his The success of Auto-Tune cannot be denied, its nearfinal technical paper.omnipresence in modern music provides proof of its appeal. Its artistic value, however, continues to be debated, with Time 10http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/9https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/rock-stars-geologists-silver-screen/ completelist/0,29569,1991915,00.html47 PREVIEW APRIL 2022'